Zoltan Korda

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zoltan Korda (3 June 1895 – 13 October 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. Born Zoltán Kellner, Kellner Zoltán in Hungarian name order, of Jewish heritage in Pusztatúrpásztó, Túrkeve in Hungary (Austria-Hungary), he was the middle brother of filmmakers Alexander and Vincent Korda. Zoltan Korda went to work with his brother Alexander in their native Hungary and in the United Kingdom for his London Films production company. Initially Zoltan Korda functioned as a camera operator then for a time worked in film editing and as a screenwriter. In 1918 and 1920 in Hungary, he directed two silent film shorts and a feature-length silent film in Germany in 1927. In London, he made his English-language directorial debut with the sound drama Men of Tomorrow (1932) then gained wide respect for the adventure film Sanders of the River (1935), starring Paul Robeson and Leslie Banks. The film proved a significant commercial and critical success, giving Korda the first of his four nominations for "Best Film" at the Venice Film Festival. Korda and Robert Flaherty won the Venice festival's "Best Director" award for Elep…

Directed

1. Sahara (1943) — Director
2. Jungle Book (1942) — Director
3. The Four Feathers (1939) — Director
4. The Drum (1938) — Director
5. Elephant Boy (1937) — Director
6. A Woman's Vengeance (1948) — Director
7. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) — Director
8. The Macomber Affair (1947) — Director
9. Counter-Attack (1945) — Director
10. Sanders of the River (1935) — Director
11. Storm Over the Nile (1955) — Director
12. Cash (1933) — Director
13. Forget Me Not (1936) — Director
14. The Conquest of the Air (1931) — Director
15. The Eleven Devils (1927) — Director
16. A Csodagyerek (1920) — Director
17. Károly bakák (1918) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028) — Self (archive footage)